November 28, 2008

And Speaking of Buying Books for the Holidays...

Today's New York Times offers up four lists of the best books of the year. The one from critic Michiko Kakutani includes Marie Brenner's Apples & Oranges about her late brother, as well as Fred Kaplan's new biography of Lincoln (which was also recently seen in the hands of our President-Elect). Janet Maslin's list includes Dennis Lehane's historical novel of Boston The Given Day, as well as a book I hadn't heard of but am now itching to see underneath the Christmas Tree -- Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood which examines film through the prism of the five movies up for best picture in 1967. They also list the top coffee table booksas well as art books of the year. This Sunday's Times includes the 100 Notable Books of the Year, which you can get a preview of online now. These are five great lists to take with you to the bookstore!

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Thank you for the list I plan to go holidays shopping in the next few days. These hectic holiday shopping days is a killer. By the way I enjoyed listening to Diana Spechler for blog talk radio. I am looking forward to the next one.

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